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1889
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About Nintendo

Nintendo is a Japanese video game and entertainment company that develops and publishes games, designs proprietary hardware, and operates platform and digital-network services. Founded in Kyoto in 1889 as a maker of handcrafted hanafuda playing cards, it evolved through toys and arcade entertainment into a global developer, publisher, and console manufacturer.

Its hardware-and-software-integrated approach connects console architecture with internally developed games and platform technology. Nintendo’s modern hardware history includes the Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Nintendo 64, Wii, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo Switch, the hybrid console launched in 2017.

Development and entertainment

Core executive, engineering, and software-development work is centered in Kyoto and Tokyo, including Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development. The company also works through first-party studios and regional operations to support development, localization, publishing, distribution, and platform services internationally.

Nintendo’s work spans:

  • First-party game design, programming, art, sound, and production
  • Console, handheld-hybrid, and accessory engineering
  • Digital services including Nintendo Switch Online, Nintendo eShop, and My Nintendo
  • Localization, quality assurance, regulatory compliance, and worldwide publishing
  • Franchise management, character licensing, feature animation, and themed entertainment

Its notable game credits include The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Splatoon 3, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Pikmin 4, Metroid Dread, and Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

Nintendo’s long-running franchises—including Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, and The Legend of Zelda—have shaped its identity across games and broader entertainment. The company has expanded selected properties into transmedia projects, collaborating with Universal Studios on Super Nintendo World destinations, working with Illumination on animated films, and building visual-production capability through Nintendo Pictures.

More about Nintendo

Leadership and corporate history

  • Shuntaro Furukawa serves as Representative Director and President.
  • Shigeru Miyamoto serves as Representative Director and Fellow.
  • Nintendo was founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi in 1889 as Nintendo Koppai. It incorporated as Marufuku Co., Ltd. in 1947, later became Nintendo Playing Card Co., Ltd., and adopted the Nintendo Co., Ltd. corporate title in 1963.

Operating model

Nintendo describes its development strategy as hardware-software integration: proprietary console architectures are paired with bespoke internal software pipelines. Its historical transition from playing cards to electronic entertainment included Beam Gun optoelectronic toys, Color TV-Game consoles, and Game & Watch before the 1983 Family Computer launch.

Nintendo Co., Ltd. is publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market under ticker 7974 and is the ultimate parent company of the Nintendo Group.

Notable credits

12 credits
  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  • Super Mario Odyssey
  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • Splatoon 3
  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
  • Pikmin 4
  • Metroid Dread
  • Super Mario Bros. Wonder
  • Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
  • Nintendo Switch Sports

Offices

Current and former locations of Nintendo

7 locations

  • Kyoto offices

    Headquarters
    Kyoto, Japan
    About this office

    **Global Corporate Headquarters** Status: active Headquarters Address: 11-1 Hokotate-cho, Kamitoba, Minami-ku, Kyoto 601-8501, Japan Global corporate headquarters and core executive location. --- **Development Center** Status: active Address: 2-1 Minamimatsuda-cho, Higashikujo, Minami-ku, Kyoto 601-8502, Japan Development Center supporting hardware research, engineering, Nintendo EPD, and platform technology.

  • Tokyo Branch Office / EPD Tokyo

    KANDA SQUARE 8th Floor, 2-2-1 Kanda-Nishikicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0054, JapanTokyo, Japan

    Tokyo Branch Office and EPD Tokyo location.

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  • Nintendo of Korea Co., Ltd.

    6F, TOWER107, 27 Marunnae-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul 04555, Republic of KoreaSeoul, South Korea

    Nintendo of Korea corporate premises, relocated from AIA Tower.

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  • Nintendo of Taiwan Co., Ltd.

    9F, No. 2, Sec. 1, Chengde Rd., Datong Dist., Taipei City 103022, TaiwanTaipei City, Taiwan

    Opened 2025

    Nintendo of Taiwan regional operating location; operational since April 1, 2025.

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  • Nintendo of America Inc. Headquarters

    4600 150th Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052-5113, USARedmond, Washington, United States
    About this office

    Nintendo of America headquarters for operations across the Americas, including localization, digital marketing, systems infrastructure, and first-party technology teams.

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  • New York office

    Former office
    New York, United States

    Closed 1982

    Former Nintendo of America Manhattan corporate office, merged into Redmond in 1982.

  • San Francisco office

    Former office
    2000 Bridge Parkway #200, Redwood City, CA 94065, USASan Francisco, California, United States

    Closed 2021

    Former Nintendo of America Northern California Bay Area sales and marketing office.

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